EP0260393A2 - Soupape d'évacuation d'air - Google Patents

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EP0260393A2
EP0260393A2 EP87109533A EP87109533A EP0260393A2 EP 0260393 A2 EP0260393 A2 EP 0260393A2 EP 87109533 A EP87109533 A EP 87109533A EP 87109533 A EP87109533 A EP 87109533A EP 0260393 A2 EP0260393 A2 EP 0260393A2
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vent valve
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Jörn Zahn
Klaus-Joachim Schmidt
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61M—DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
    • A61M39/00—Tubes, tube connectors, tube couplings, valves, access sites or the like, specially adapted for medical use
    • A61M39/20—Closure caps or plugs for connectors or open ends of tubes
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B5/00—Measuring for diagnostic purposes; Identification of persons
    • A61B5/15—Devices for taking samples of blood
    • A61B5/150007—Details
    • A61B5/150015—Source of blood
    • A61B5/15003—Source of blood for venous or arterial blood
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B5/00—Measuring for diagnostic purposes; Identification of persons
    • A61B5/15—Devices for taking samples of blood
    • A61B5/150007—Details
    • A61B5/150206—Construction or design features not otherwise provided for; manufacturing or production; packages; sterilisation of piercing element, piercing device or sampling device
    • A61B5/150259—Improved gripping, e.g. with high friction pattern or projections on the housing surface or an ergonometric shape
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B5/00—Measuring for diagnostic purposes; Identification of persons
    • A61B5/15—Devices for taking samples of blood
    • A61B5/150007—Details
    • A61B5/150732—Needle holders, for instance for holding the needle by the hub, used for example with double-ended needle and pre-evacuated tube
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B5/00—Measuring for diagnostic purposes; Identification of persons
    • A61B5/15—Devices for taking samples of blood
    • A61B5/153—Devices specially adapted for taking samples of venous or arterial blood, e.g. with syringes
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61M—DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
    • A61M25/00—Catheters; Hollow probes
    • A61M25/01—Introducing, guiding, advancing, emplacing or holding catheters
    • A61M25/06—Body-piercing guide needles or the like
    • A61M25/0693—Flashback chambers
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61M—DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
    • A61M39/00—Tubes, tube connectors, tube couplings, valves, access sites or the like, specially adapted for medical use
    • A61M39/20—Closure caps or plugs for connectors or open ends of tubes
    • A61M2039/205—Closure caps or plugs for connectors or open ends of tubes comprising air venting means
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61M—DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
    • A61M2205/00—General characteristics of the apparatus
    • A61M2205/75—General characteristics of the apparatus with filters
    • A61M2205/7536—General characteristics of the apparatus with filters allowing gas passage, but preventing liquid passage, e.g. liquophobic, hydrophobic, water-repellent membranes

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  • the invention relates to a vent valve as a tourniquet for medical lines or cannulas, in which the channel of a tubular part which is connected to the line or cannula is closed at its outer end by a hydrophobic filter piece.
  • Vent valves are used to vent medical devices when blood is filled, so that, for example, when used with a puncture cannula, blood can flow into a transparent chamber of the cannula attachment and make the puncture success visible.
  • Such venting valves are referred to as "blood trap plugs" and consist of a tubular part, the inner end of which is connected to the line or cannula, while the outer end has a closure which is gas-permeable but prevents the escape of blood.
  • a known vent valve (DE-PS 32 16 472), the gas-permeable closure on interacting surfaces of the tubular part and a cap realized by at least one helical groove.
  • vent valves for use as a blood barrier at the end of the tubular part with a hydrophobic filter piece which is gas-permeable and whose hydrophobic nature prevents blood from escaping from the vent valve.
  • vent valves as a tourniquet
  • the inner end of the channel of the tubular part is open, so that when a blood vessel is punctured, the blood hits venous pressure directly against the inner surface of the hydrophobic filter piece.
  • This is disadvantageous because the hydrophobic material of the filter piece is immediately sealed by the blood coagulating in its pores, so that no more air can escape and the backflow of blood is immediately interrupted by congestion.
  • the interruption of blood reflux in congested veins means that the blood reflux control is ineffective and the puncturer cannot assess the success of the puncture, which forces the intervention to be stopped.
  • the invention has for its object to design the vent valve with a hydrophobic filter piece so that the functionality of the blood return control is reliably maintained so that the patient unnecessary repetitions of the puncture may not be stressed.
  • tubular part has a central impact element in the region of the inner end of the channel.
  • the central impact element has the effect that the jet firing from a cannula or a medical line under pressure does not strike the hydrophobic filter piece, but rather the impact element and is deflected by it from its straight path.
  • the hydrophobic filter piece is thus kept essentially free of blood and retains its gas permeability, so that the blood return flow does not come to a standstill and the blood return flow reliably indicates the positive puncture success in the transparent chamber of the cannula attachment.
  • the patient is spared because the puncturist can always correctly assess the puncture success and does not perform unnecessary punctures.
  • the central baffle element not only improves the functionality of the vent valve in the blood reflux control, but also contributes to reducing the risk of infection for the user and the patient, because the channel in the tubular part fills with blood very slowly as a result of the central baffle element and the delayed blood wetting of the hydrophobic filter piece fulfills its protective effect against contamination longer than before.
  • the baffle element is designed as a baffle plate, which is attached to the inner end of the tubular part while leaving passages to the channel.
  • the baffle plate can be circular and have a diameter which is smaller than the clear channel cross section and the baffle plate can be provided with radial arms which are attached to the end edge of the tubular part.
  • the blood jet hitting the baffle plate from the medical line or cannula is deflected and only reaches the channel of the tubular part after passing through the passages between the radial arms.
  • the passages between the radial arms are large enough to allow the free passage of air to the hydrophobic filter piece until the transparent chamber of the cannula hub or the like is filled for blood flow control.
  • the circular baffle plate can have a diameter that corresponds approximately to the clear channel cross-section, and axial arms can be provided on the baffle plate, which are attached to the end edge of the tubular part. While in the former case the passages run axially between the arms, in the second case they are directed radially, ie the shielding of the channel against the blood jet emerging from the end of the cannula is increased and the possibility of clogging the passages with coagulating blood is reduced.
  • the tubular part is advantageously designed as an outer cone, which is surrounded at a radial distance by a cylindrical jacket.
  • the outer cone is inserted into an inner cone of the cannula attachment or its transparent chamber or a corresponding connector of another medical line.
  • the cylindrical jacket forms a protection against contamination when touching the vent valve for its removal from the line or the cannula, if this z. B. to be connected to a fluid transfer system or the like.
  • the vent filter 10 has a tubular part 11 with a conical outer surface and a continuous cylindrical channel 12.
  • the tubular part 11 is surrounded at a radial distance by a cylindrical jacket 13 which has essentially the same length as the tubular part 11 and is provided on the outer surface with a plurality of longitudinal ribs 14.
  • the outer end of the channel 12 opens into a flared opening 15, which is surrounded by an axial collar 16.
  • a shoulder 17 Between the inner wall of the collar 16 and the opening 15 there is a shoulder 17 on which a filter piece 18 in the form of a very thin hydrophobic plate adheres firmly.
  • the plate is so thin that the collar 16 protrudes beyond the thickness of the plate and forms a protection against contamination against finger contact.
  • a baffle element 20 is attached, which is centrally placed in front of the channel 12 and at its periphery leaves passages against the channel 12.
  • the impact element 20 consists of a circular impact plate 21, the diameter of which is smaller than the clear cross section of the channel 12 and from which symmetrically three radial arms 22 extend. Axial passages 23 remain between the radial arms 22.
  • the entire vent valve can be manufactured by injection molding and the radial arms 22, as can be seen in FIG. 3, can be profiled such that the surface of the baffle plate 21 of the end edge 24 facing the channel 12 of the tubular part is a small piece upstream, so that the passage in the direction of the channel 12 to the air passage is enlarged.
  • the vent valve 10 is connected to a cannula hub 30 according to FIG. 1.
  • This consists essentially of a carrier part 31, in which a steel cannula 32 with a sharpened tip 33 is fastened in such a way that its blunt end 34, remote from the patient, projects into a coaxial chamber 35 with a transparent wall 36.
  • the wall 36 of the cylindrical chamber 35 is provided at its open end with an inner cone into which the outer cone 11 of the vent valve 10 can be inserted by clamping. This state is shown in Fig. 1.
  • a handle plate 37 which protrudes from the carrier cable 31 transversely to the longitudinal axis, serves to facilitate handling when puncturing a blood vessel.
  • the impact element 20 is designed as a triangular plate 25, which is inserted at the inner end of a tubular part 110 into the clear opening of its channel 26 and is fastened with its three corners 27 to the tubular part 110.
  • the central baffle plate 25 also deflects the first blood jet out of the cannula 32 in this case, while the three part-circular passages on the sides of the baffle plate 25 allow air displaced during the blood filling to pass through the outlet opening 15. 2 and 3 of the end edge 24 of the tubular part 11, the baffle plate 25 is essentially flush with the end edge of the tubular part 110.
  • One or the other version can be favorable depending on the distance between the opening of the cannula end 34 and the impact element 20 and depending on the application.

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EP87109533A 1986-09-18 1987-07-02 Soupape d'évacuation d'air Expired - Lifetime EP0260393B1 (fr)

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AT87109533T ATE57099T1 (de) 1986-09-18 1987-07-02 Entlueftungsventil.

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DE8625003U 1986-09-18
DE8625003U DE8625003U1 (de) 1986-09-18 1986-09-18 Entlüftungsventil

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EP0406584A1 (fr) * 1989-06-09 1991-01-09 Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha Capot de protection pour raccord médical
EP0568258A1 (fr) * 1992-04-27 1993-11-03 Robert E. Fischell Dispositif d'accès vasculaire
DE202015101511U1 (de) 2015-03-25 2015-04-14 B. Braun Melsungen Ag Blutfängerstopfen und Verschlusskappe zum Aufstecken auf den Blutfängerstopfen in der Bereitstellung einer Kathetervorrichtung und zum Verschließen eines Katheters, oder anderen Medizinprodukts mit Luer Lock Anschluss
CN112546401A (zh) * 2019-09-10 2021-03-26 贝克顿·迪金森公司 便于采血的导管系统及相关方法
WO2023138979A1 (fr) * 2022-01-19 2023-07-27 B. Braun Melsungen Ag Capuchon pour un connecteur d'un ensemble de transfert entéral et ensemble de transfert doté d'un capuchon

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EP0406584A1 (fr) * 1989-06-09 1991-01-09 Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha Capot de protection pour raccord médical
EP0568258A1 (fr) * 1992-04-27 1993-11-03 Robert E. Fischell Dispositif d'accès vasculaire
AU654772B2 (en) * 1992-04-27 1994-11-17 David R. Fischell Vascular access device with blood containment capability
DE202015101511U1 (de) 2015-03-25 2015-04-14 B. Braun Melsungen Ag Blutfängerstopfen und Verschlusskappe zum Aufstecken auf den Blutfängerstopfen in der Bereitstellung einer Kathetervorrichtung und zum Verschließen eines Katheters, oder anderen Medizinprodukts mit Luer Lock Anschluss
CN112546401A (zh) * 2019-09-10 2021-03-26 贝克顿·迪金森公司 便于采血的导管系统及相关方法
WO2023138979A1 (fr) * 2022-01-19 2023-07-27 B. Braun Melsungen Ag Capuchon pour un connecteur d'un ensemble de transfert entéral et ensemble de transfert doté d'un capuchon

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ATE57099T1 (de) 1990-10-15
PT8758T (pt) 1993-11-30
ES2017966B3 (es) 1991-03-16
EP0260393A3 (en) 1988-09-28
DE3765376D1 (de) 1990-11-08
PT85738A (pt) 1988-10-14
EP0260393B1 (fr) 1990-10-03
DE8625003U1 (de) 1986-11-06

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